Rival Hackers Attack Connecticut Shooting Funeral Protesters

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In response to the Westboro Baptist Church's announcement of its
plans to picket the funerals of those slain in Friday's (Dec. 14)
mass tragedy in Newtown, Conn., political hackers of all stripes
have united and launched cyberattacks against the group on
several fronts.

" Westboro
will picket Sandy Hook Elementary School to sing praise to God
for the glory of his work in executing his judgment," tweeted WBC
spokeswoman Shirley Phelps-Roper.

"We will not allow you to corrupt the minds of America with your
seeds of hatred," Anonymous responded in a video yesterday
(Dec. 16). "We will not allow you to inspire aggression to the
social factions which you deem inferior. We will render you
obsolete. We will destroy you. We are coming."

Anonymous posted what they claim is WBC founder Fred
Phelps birth date and Social Security number along with the
home addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and other
details about many of Phelps' extended family, who comprise
the majority of the WBC's membership.

In conjunction with Anonymous, other hackers, including
Anonymous' rival
Jester (@th3j35t3r), helped obtain and dump documents. Jester
and Anonymous also collaborated on a hack against the WBC in
2011.

Anonymous and the Jester were at odds in 2010 after the latter
claimed responsibility for taking WikiLeaks' site down. In
response, Anonymous took down MasterCard's site. The credit card
company had stopped accepting donations on WikiLeaks' behalf.

Around the same time, someone claiming to be Cosmo, the famed
15-year-old hacker, claimed responsibility for hacking
Phelps-Roper's Twitter account. If it was actually Cosmo, the act
was likely a violation of his parole.

Infamous for its colorful signs that tout inflammatory slogans
like "God hates fags," and "God damn America," and frequent
demonstrations at soldiers' funerals, the Topeka, Kansas-based
WBC's offensive actions prompted its home state to enact a ban on
picketers at those types of events to pass a law banning
political protests at such events.